Dennis Simmons, Chrissy Simmons, and their daughters Jael, 5, and Addie, 3, of Plymouth, sit among Lupines and other flowers in the field across from Polly's Pancake Parlor in Sugar Hill on Wednesday afternoon, June 6, 2013. The family, who recently moved to Plymouth, visited the area to see the flowers and have a picnic to celebrate Jael's birthday. Lupines are in bloom for the 20th Annual Fields of Lupine Festival which began June 1 and is running until June 15, 2013 throughout Franconia, Sugar Hill, Bethlehem, Littleton, Easton, and Lisbon.

(JOHN TULLY / Monitor staff)

Heather Lord, of Bow, works on an oil painting in a field of lupine flowers along Sugar Hill Road in Sugar Hill on Friday, June 11, 2010. Lord is part of the NHPleinAir artist collective. "I was up here last year at the beginning of June, and now in the middle of June there are so many more lupines," said Lord.